18 Dec 2019

Managing Tri Dharma for Higher Education in 4.0 Industrial Era

The management for Tri Dharma activities in higher education covers teaching, research, and community service. These three aspects need to be maintained during the preparation of accreditation report. The Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret (FEB UNS) and the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Warmadewa (FEB UNWAR), establish a collaboration in these three areas, which facilitate further collaboration in teaching, research, and community service program. This was mentioned by the Vice Dean of Academic Affair of the FEB UNS, Dr. Izza Mafruhah, SE, M.Si, who serves as one of the speakers in Technical Assistance for the UNWAR staff with leadership position, on December 18, 2019.

Further, Dr. Izza mentions that the collaboration between UNS and UNWAR has various advantages for both parties. Through energy, outcome, and human resource sharing, this collaboration can improve the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for both parties. In term of teaching, UNS and UNWAR can collaborate in student inbound. “The inbound student can spent one week in Solo to learn about its culture, and the next week they go to Bali,” Dr. Izza said. This also applies for visiting professor.

In community service program, the UNWAR can use the tourism or cultural potential that characterize Bali and establish a collaboration with other universities. For instance, Subak as a community organization that specialized in managing the irrigation system for paddy cultivation in Bali can be examined in contrast to the irrigation system in Java or other regions. This model can be applied for other regions.

Publication of scientific articles by the Lecturer need to be improved to increase the percentage of Associate Professor and Professor in a university. A lecturer who continuously conducting research will deliver different teaching quality as they can bridge the theory and reality, giving appropriate example in line with the real condition, and providing updated information and data. Through research a lecturer can also publish a textbook.

Dr. Izza also mention that university need to get prepared to face the challenge in 4.0 industry. “We should connect the curriculum and learning outcome to the industry 4.0, we also need to realize and adapting to the current era and understand our students,” Dr. Izza said.

Teaching and learning process where the lecturer provides material and the students listen to their presentation is no longer favorable for the 4.0 era. In this era the students are facilitated with advanced IT system to find course material.